Mitsuko Uchida, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (2010/2019) [3x SACD] MCH SACD ISO

Mitsuko Uchida, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (2010/2019) [3x SACD]
SACD Rip | 3xSACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 / 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 03:01:35 min | Scans incl. | 10,63 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings – BPHR 180243

There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beethoven’s own instrument was the piano, and in his improvisations – which made him the darling of the Viennese salons – he merged virtuosity and unbridled expression. The piano concertos give a clear idea of these performances. At the same time, they are prime examples of Beethoven’s ability to create large orchestral works with seemingly endless arcs of tension.

The complete recording of all five works with Mitsuko Uchida and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the most spectacular projects of the Berliner Philharmoniker during the Rattle era – and at the same time the highlight of the collaboration between the orchestra and the pianist, which began in 1984.
The performances were given a rapturous reception in the auditorium and in the press – as one critic wrote, the audience was overwhelmed by a “collective sense of happiness”. With vibrant freshness, the performances brought the whole combative energy of these works to life. At the same time, they revealed Beethoven’s incomparable spirituality, which – according to Mitsuko Uchida – “allows us to see to the end of the universe”.

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Europakonzert 2016 Live from the Church of Roros BluRay 1080p DTS-HD MA 5.0 Flac x265 10bit-BeiTai

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER·SIR SIMON RATTLE
VILDE FRANG
Recorded live at Røros in Norway, 1 May 2016, directed by Henning Kasten

TV-Producer: Dorothea Diekmann, Arild Erikstad,Kerstin Asplund, Masumi Kawaguchi
Producer: Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme, Bernd Hellthaler

Tracklist:

Opening 0:40

Edvard Grieg
„Evening in the mountains”,Op.68/4 4:30

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor,Op.64

I.Allegro molto appassionato 13:45
II.Andante 7:49
IIl.Allegretto non troppo -Allegro molto vivace 8:32

Bjarne Brustad
„Veslefrikk” 3:52

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major,Op.55Eroica”
I. Allegro con brio 16:58
II. Marcia Funebre-Adagio assai 15:51
III. Scherzo-Allegro vivace 6:14
IV. Finale-Allegro molto 11:59

Credits 3:05

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Europakonzert 2015 Live from Athens BluRay 1080p DTS-HD MA 5.0 Flac x265 10bit-BeiTai

In 2015, the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Europakonzert could hardly have been more European, taking the orchestra to Greece, the country the name “Europe” comes from, and the cradle of democracy. In the Athens concert hall Megaron, Sir Simon Rattle conducted a programme which takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Europe with works by Gioacchino Rossini, Robert Schumann and Jean Sibelius. The soloist is the Greek star violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
The founding of the Berlin Philharmonic on the 1 May 1882 is annually celebrated in a European city of cultural significance. In 2015 the May Europakonzert, a smash hit with the assembled audience, took place for the second time since 2004 in Athens, Greece, with Leonidas Kavakos joining the Berlin Philharmonic for the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Bachs Largo from the Sonata No. 3. Also heard were works by Rossini (Semiramide Overture) and Schumann (Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 Rhenish). Leonidas Kavakos won the Echo Klassik Award in 2013 as Instrumentalist of the Year.

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)
– “Semiramide”
— Overture
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
– Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
— Allegro moderato
— Adagio di molto
— Allegro ma non tanto
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005
— Largo
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
– Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”
— Lebhaft
— Scherzo: Sehr mäßig
— Nicht schnell
— Feierlich
— Lebhaft

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle

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Europakonzert 2013 Live from the Spanish Hall at the Prague Castle BluRay 1080p DTS-HD MA 5.0 Flac x265 10bit-BeiTai

EUROPAKONZERT 2013
Live from the Spanish Hall at the Prague Castle

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER·SIR SIMON RATTLE
MAGDALENA KOZENÁ
Live from the Spanish Hall at the Prague Castle, 1 May 2013, directed by Henning Kasten

Sir Simon Rattle appears courtesy of Warner Classics.
Magdalena Kozená appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.
Executive Producer: Jan Bremme, Bernd Hellthaler

Tracklsit:
Opening 0:24

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 17:37

Antonín Dvorák
Biblical Songs,Op.99
Darkness and thunder clouds 3:13
Hear,oh hear my prayer 3:33
Oh, the Lord is my shepherd 2:32
Songs of gladness 3:11
By the shore of the river Babylon 3:03
Oh,Lord have mercy 3:06
My eyes will I to the hills lift up 2:06
Sing unto the Lord of a joyful song 4:18

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in Fmajor,Op.68„Pastoral”
I.Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande 13:35
Allegro ma non troppo

lI.Szene am Bach 13:01
Andante molto mosso

III.Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute 5:42
Allegro

IV.Gewitter,Sturm 3:56
Allegro

V.Hirtengesang.Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm 12:39
Allegretto

Credits 2:02

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Europakonzert 2011 Live from Madrid BluRay 1080p DTS-HD MA 5.1 Flac x265 10bit-BeiTai

Directors: Rhodri Huw
Actors: Clemency Burton-Hill / Simon Rattle

In this 2011 Europakonzert from the Teatro Real in Madrid, Simon Rattle generates a lot of Spanish heat with works including Emmanuel Chabrier’s exuberant rhapsody España and Joaquín Rodrigo’s world famous Concierto de Aranjuez with the flamenco virtuoso Cañizares as the soloist. In an appealing contrast to these works, we also hear Sergei Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony, a piece full of Slavonic melancholy and an entrancingly wistful Adagio movement.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Cañizares
WORKS
96 min.
Details running time 97 mins (Performance), 8 mins (Bonus)
Booklet notes English
Bonus Interview with Sir Simon Rattle

Emmanuel Chabrier 7 min.
España
España 06:15
Applause 00:21

Joaquín Rodrigo 25 min.
Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
CañizaresGuitar

Allegro con spirito 06:48
Adagio 12:14
Allegro gentile 05:05
Applause 00:35

Sergei Rachmaninov 63 min.
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27
Largo – Allegro moderato 19:35
Allegro molto 10:36
Adagio 15:51
Allegro vivace 14:21
Applause 02:40

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Sir Simon Rattle – Janáček Katya Kabanova (2024) [24Bit-192kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

Sir Simon Rattle - Janáček Katya Kabanova (2024) [24Bit-192kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️ Download

Sir Simon Rattle – Janáček Katya Kabanova (2024) [24Bit-192kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:39:12 minutes | 3,20 GB | Genre: Classique, Opéra
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:39:26 minutes | 3,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LSO Live

The second release in LSO Live’s cycle of Janáček opera recordings, Katya Kabanova tells a story of love, entrapment and, ultimately, tragedy. The album’s cast includes the superb tenor Simon O’Neill and, appearing in one of her signature roles as seen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Amanda Majeski as Katya.

“Majeski gives such heartfelt commitment to the role of Katya that one worries how she can come back down from the emotional peaks and precipices that she scales.” – Opera Today

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London Symphony Orchestra, Krystian Zimerman, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (2021) SACD ISO

London Symphony Orchestra, Krystian Zimerman, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (2021)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 02:52:41 minutes | 6.94 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Krystian Zimerman, Sir Simon Rattle, and Ludwig van Beethoven: three exceptional musicians and five great piano concertos are brought together for a landmark recording. This release is among the highlights to conclude our Beethoven anniversary celebrations.

Over 30 years ago, in 1989, Krystian Zimerman and Leonard Bernstein recorded Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5. They were united in their total dedication to music – in mind, heart and soul – resulting in an exceptional recording. Sadly, Bernstein died before the cycle was recorded in completion. Zimerman went on to conduct the remaining Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 from the keyboard in 1991. Now, 30 years after his first recordings, Zimerman returns to Beethoven’s Piano Concertos. He offers an exceptional new interpretation recorded with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Recording all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos during the pandemic was “like chamber music on a great scale“, as Krystian Zimerman tells Apple Music. Read on in the editor’s notes and listen to this album in Apple Music.

The album is available for download & streaming (including in Dolby Atmos), as a 3-CD digipack, 5-LP vinyl box, and as an exclusive and limited edition of the 5-LP vinyl-box with a signed booklet by Krystian Zimerman.

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Sir Simon Rattle – R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Édition StudioMasters) (2005/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Sir Simon Rattle – R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Édition StudioMasters) (2005/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:22:00 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics International

Sir Simon Rattle’s position as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker provides a real boost of inspiration. There is no other way to judge the recent development of the Rattle discography. For the first time in his long career, the conductor has recently dedicated himself to the symphonies of Antonín Dvorák and Franz Schubert, and now a new name is appearing in Rattle’s repertoire again: Richard Strauss. Sir Simon combined his tone poem “Ein Heldenleben”, which was recorded live in September 2005, with the rarely heard orchestral suite “Der Bürger als Edelmann” after Molière. With almost 82 minutes of playing time, the CD program breaks all EMI Classics records.

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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:06:37 minutes | 3,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © LSO Live

The air shimmers and glows, and somewhere in the mists, a solitary horn gives a lonely call. The stuff of fairytales? The truth is, it’s impossible to write about Bruckner’s majestic Fourth Symphony without letting the imagination soar; he never wrote anything more colourful, or more poetic. In Germany, they call it the ‘Romantic’ symphony, and it’s easy to hear why.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:06:37 minutes | 3,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © LSO Live

The air shimmers and glows, and somewhere in the mists, a solitary horn gives a lonely call. The stuff of fairytales? The truth is, it’s impossible to write about Bruckner’s majestic Fourth Symphony without letting the imagination soar; he never wrote anything more colourful, or more poetic. In Germany, they call it the ‘Romantic’ symphony, and it’s easy to hear why.
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London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:03:32 minutes | 2,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LSO Live

Conducting Bruckner, says Rattle, is a lifelong quest for some “extraordinary vista, some wonderful moment which leads you out of this world”. This certainly rings true for Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, the opening theme for which is said to have come to him in a dream, played by an angel. This huge, glowing mountain-range of sound is all at once majestic, reverent and terrifying. This edition of the symphony by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs was first performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in September 2022, and the recording completes a set of three albums which also features Cohrs’ editions of Bruckner’s Fourth and Sixth symphonies. Making use of Bruckner’s discarded fragments and lesser-known material through his many revisions, this set of albums is a must-listen for lovers of Bruckner’s music, and gives us a glimpse into the composer’s untold musical thoughts.

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Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra – Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra – Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 51:27 minutes | 2,04 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:27 minutes | 1, GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Sir Simon Rattle pays homage to a composer he holds close to his heart with An Imaginary Orchestral Journey through the music of Joseph Haydn. Rattle trawls through the great composer’s impressive catalogue, piecing together excerpts from symphonies, oratorios and operas spanning a 40-year period in what the director describes as ‘a kind of greatest hits’ format.

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London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle – Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle – Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 51:26 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LSO Live

Sir Simon Rattle pays homage to a composer he holds close to his heart with An Imaginary Orchestral Journey through the music of Joseph Haydn. Rattle trawls through the great composer’s impressive catalogue, piecing together excerpts from symphonies, oratorios and operas spanning a 40-year period in what the director describes as ‘a kind of greatest hits’ format.

“The idea is to make a musical journey through all that is quirky and extraordinary, humorous and profound in Haydn,” the LSO’s Music Director explains. Sir Simon’s focus is on Haydn as innovator, showcasing his most forward-looking and outlandish works in 50 minutes of uninterrupted performance.

What results from Sir Simon’s pasticcio is a clear image of the composer he sees to best represent the ideals of the Enlightenment, his selection meticulously arranged to best demonstrate Haydn’s intelligence, wit and thoughtfulness.

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Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker – The Asia Tour (2018) SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker – The Asia Tour (2018)
PS3 Rip | 5x SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 216:51 minutes | Cover + PDF Book | 3,48 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Cover + PDF Book | 4,5 GB

In November 2017, the Berlin Philharmonic gave a series of concerts in Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan. It was the last tour of Asia that Rattle would undertake as the orchestra’s chief conductor, and their performances are thoroughly documented on these discs. Four of the discs are derived from the final pair of concerts, which were given in Tokyo’s magnificent Suntory Hall, while the other, a performance of Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto with the winner of the 2015 Warsaw Chopin competition as soloist, was recorded in the Berlin Philharmonie before the tour began. he recordings are astonishingly vivid, and the whole set provides a very impressive showcase of the Berlin Phil’s current condition as it nears the end of Rattle’s reign.

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